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Cappelli, Peter; Harvard Business Review; Holmes, Dane E.Article HBS-R1903B-ELeadership and People ManagementBusinesses have never done as much hiring as they do today and never done a worse job of it, says Peter Cappelli of Wharton in "Your Approach to Hiring Is All Wrong." Much of the process is outsourced to companies such as Randstad, Manpower, and Adecco, which in turn use subcontractors to scour LinkedIn and social media for potential candidates. When applications come--always electronically--software sifts through them for keywords that hiring ma...Starting at €8.20
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A Novel Way to Boost Client Satisfaction
Harvard Business ReviewArticle HBS-F1902A-EService and Operations ManagementResearchers have learned to mine a unique set of data that serves as a slow-motion replay of how an organization and its people function: the company's e-mail. Although e-mail analysis has largely focused on internal communications, a new study uses it to examine how employees interact with clients. Researchers studied the e-mail behaviors of teams working with key client accounts at a global professional services firm. Each month during the stud...Starting at €8.20
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Is the U.S. Market Cheap or Expensive
Estrada, JavierCase F-917-EFinanceKirstin Gibbs suspected the phone call was about to come. It was early April 2016, and with the first quarter just behind them, Andrew Eichmann did in fact call. Given their previous exchange of e mails, she knew that Andrew wanted to meet and had just one question in mind: Is the U.S. market cheap or expensive? Right, like the question had an easy answer.Starting at €8.20
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A Manager's Guide to Augmented Reality
Porter, Michael E.; Heppelmann, James; Harvard Business Review; Jouret, Guido; Morse, GardinerArticle HBS-R1706B-EInformation TechnologiesWhile the physical world is 3-D, most data is trapped on 2-D pages and screens. This gulf between the real and digital worlds limits our ability to exploit the volumes of information available to us. Augmented reality, a set of technologies that superimposes digital data and images on physical objects, is closing this gap. By putting information directly into the context in which we'll apply it, AR increases our ability to absorb and act on it. A...Starting at €8.20
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Hilton Hotels, Corp. - Teaching Note
Estrada, JavierTeaching Note FT-58-EFinanceTeaching note to accompany case F-711-E.Starting at €0.00
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Atlas Investment Management - Teaching Note
Estrada, JavierTeaching Note FT-60-EFinanceAid to instructors in the classroom use of case no. F-727-E Atlas Investment Management.Starting at €0.00
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Hilton Hotels, Corp.
Estrada, JavierCase F-711-EFinanceThis is an introductoy case to the issue of company valuation. It introduces two rather-simple models, such as the dividend-valuation model and the use of P/E ratios. The pros and cons of the differrent versions of these models are analyzed and discussed. Ideal for an introduccion to stock princing early in a Corporate Finance course.Starting at €8.20
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The Pricing of Internet Stocks (II)
Estrada, JavierTechnical Note FN-475-EFinanceThis note, which complements the note "The Pricing of Internet Stocks" (FN-467-E), addresses the application of the reverse valuation and expected values methods to the valuation of Yahoo!, the leading Internet portal and one of the blue chips of the Internet world. The note concludes by stressing that, regardless of the merits of the new measures designed to assess the value of Internet stocks, the value of any company was, is, and always will b...Starting at €8.20
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Why You Should Rotate Office Seating Assignments
Harvard Business ReviewArticle HBS-F1802A-EDesign firms have long claimed that workspace reorganizations promote collaboration and creativity, and research studies back up those claims. But the financial return has been hard to prove--until now. Research at a South Korean e-commerce firm finds that relocating "merchandisers"--employees who source product deals--near employees they hadn't previously had much contact with boosted creativity among those with high deal-sourcing ability and si...Starting at €8.20
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Hertz & Dollar Thrifty An Introduction to DCF
Estrada, JavierCase F-940-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceThis case examines the process behind Hertz's attempted acquisition of Dollar Thrifty. Hertz Global Holdings (Hertz) is a car and equipment rental company based in Park Ridge, New Jersey. Walter Jacobs started the company in 1918 in Chicago and sold it in 1923 to John Hertz, who renamed it Hertz Drive-Ur-Self System. Over time Hertz went through several owners and has been publicly trading on the New York Stock Exchange since November 2006. The c...Starting at €8.20